Grapurchat was the first student newspaper at Radford College and was published from 1921 until 1978 when the name was changed to the Tartan. "The first two syllables of the word Grapurchat are formed from the colors of the Normal School, [as...

Grapurchat was the first student newspaper at Radford College and was published from 1921 until 1978 when the name was changed to the Tartan. "The first two syllables of the word Grapurchat are formed from the colors of the Normal School, [as...

Grapurchat was the first student newspaper at Radford College and was published from 1921 until 1978 when the name was changed to the Tartan. "The first two syllables of the word Grapurchat are formed from the colors of the Normal School, [as...

Grapurchat was the first student newspaper at Radford College and was published from 1921 until 1978 when the name was changed to the Tartan. "The first two syllables of the word Grapurchat are formed from the colors of the Normal School, [as...

Grapurchat was the first student newspaper at Radford College and was published from 1921 until 1978 when the name was changed to the Tartan. "The first two syllables of the word Grapurchat are formed from the colors of the Normal School, [as...

Part 2 of the interview starts when Jens and his wife come to America and end up meeting and being befriended by Bill Monroe. The couple stay on Monroe's farm and Jens gets to play at the Grand Ole Opry, do farm work with Monroe and is pretty much...

Sammy Shelor was interviewed and filmed in Floyd, Virginia in February 2014 by Bud Bennett, John Hildreth and Tom Snediker. In this relaxed and candid interview, he talks about his family's musical history, his start in playing banjo, Huber Banjos,...

Rex McGee is a talented multi-instrumentalist who seems to have one foot firmly planted in tradition and one foot firmly planted in innovation. His ability to play Celtic music on the 5 string banjo, his innovative 24 Creations for Solo Banjo...

Rex McGee is a talented multi-instrumentalist who seems to have one foot firmly planted in tradition and one foot firmly planted in innovation. His ability to play Celtic music on the 5 string banjo, his innovative 24 Creations for Solo Banjo...

On April 4, 2017 Geoff Stelling was interviewed in his workshop office by Radford University, as part of the Banjo Masters interview series. Geoff talked about how he came up with the idea for his wedge fit tone ring design, some of the craftsmen...

On April 4, 2017 Geoff Stelling was interviewed in his workshop office by Radford University, as part of the Banjo Masters interview series. Geoff talked about the artwork aspects of Stelling banjos, the new Afton Star model, sponsors and much more...

In part 2 of this interview, Sammy Shelor speaks about the Lonesome River Band, his thoughts about the future of the banjo, the details of winning the Steve Martin Award and many other things including another taste of live banjo playing. ...

Part 3 covers the years 1959- 1977 and some of the ups and downs Monroe went through in this period. Butch talks about Bill Keith and how his style of playing changed banjo playing again forever (and gives us a live demonstration of that!). We...

In part 1, Butch tells about the state and style of music and music venues, the early life of Bill Monroe, the Monroe Brothers and the musical life of Bill Monroe up to the magical year of 1945. A high definition version of this video is available...

On August 18, 2014 Jens Kruger sat down with a film crew from Radford University and told us about his musical life. In part 1 he tells about his early life in Switzerland, how he started playing the tenor banjo and later the five string banjo, and...

Butch Robins, a professional musician since graduating from high school lectures about the history of Blue Grass music and in the process tells much about his personal life story, and about the life of Bill Monroe. Butch's first hand accounts of...